# The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

> The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) began operating in 2011 and received full statutory backing through the NCDC (Establishment) Act, 2018. It leads national surveillance, detection, and response for communicable diseases, having coordinated Nigeria's contained 2014 Ebola outbreak, its February 2020 COVID-19 response, and recurring Lassa fever and cholera epidemics that killed over 1,700 people nationally in 2025 alone.

**Category:** Health & Healthcare · **Updated:** 2026-07-26 19:36:35 · **Canonical:** https://nigeriastuff.org/a/ncdc

## Key facts
- **Began operations:** 2011, under the Federal Ministry of Health
- **Statutory establishment:** NCDC (Establishment) Act, 2018
- **Mandate:** Prevention, detection, investigation, monitoring, and control of communicable diseases and public health events of importance
- **Governance:** Governing Board, Director General, and National Advisory Council
- **2014 Ebola outbreak:** Contained; WHO declared Nigeria Ebola-free 20 October 2014
- **First confirmed COVID-19 case:** 27 February 2020, Lagos
- **2025 outbreak toll:** 1,738 deaths from cholera, Lassa fever, measles, and diphtheria combined (NCDC/WHO situation reports)
- **As of:** 24 July 2026

## Sources
- About NCDC — Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) (https://ncdc.gov.ng/about-us)
- Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Establishment) Act, 2018 — LawNigeria (https://lawnigeria.com/2019/11/13/nigerian-centre-for-disease-control-and-prevention-establishment-act-2018/)
- WHO declares Nigeria Ebola free — WHO Regional Office for Africa (https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-declares-nigeria-ebola-free)
- First Case of Corona Virus Disease Confirmed in Nigeria — Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) (https://www.ncdc.gov.ng/news/227/first-case-of-corona-virus-disease-confirmed-in-nigeria)
- Cholera, Lassa fever, others killed 1,738 in 2025 — Punch Healthwise (https://healthwise.punchng.com/cholera-lassa-fever-others-killed-1738-in-2025/)
- Nigeria — Country Details — SORMAS Foundation (https://www.sormas.org/country-details/nigeria)
- Notes from the Field: Responding to an Outbreak of Monkeypox Using the One Health Approach — Nigeria, 2017–2018 — US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (MMWR), via PMC/NIH (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6147416/)

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